Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in HBO dramas, such as Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire, trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme, and Michael Davenport in Waiting to Exhale. Currently Pierce has a starring role as Teddy on the CBS sitcom The Odd Couple.

Biography

Pierce describes himself as "tri-coastal", splitting his time among Los Angeles, New York City, and New Orleans. He is a supporter of the New Orleans Saints, and locals have nicknamed him "Saints Wendell". He is also an avid supporter of St. Patrick's Athletic FC.

Pierce attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention, was one of President Barack Obama's top campaign fundraisers in 2012 (along with Harvey Weinstein and Eva Longoria), and once escorted Gwen Ifil to a White House State Dinner.

When first cast in The Wire, Pierce and his castmates doubted the show would be a hit: "I remember the first time we all sat around and watched the pilot. We all turned to each other and said, 'Man, I don't think this shit is going anywhere.

, 1h48Directed byJoel EdgertonOriginUSAGenresDrama, Thriller, HorrorThemesPsychologieActorsJason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denman, Tim Griffin, Beau KnappRoles Detective MillsRating70% A married couple, Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn Callum (Rebecca Hall), relocate from Chicago to a suburban Los Angeles neighborhood after Simon finds a new job. While out shopping, they run into Gordon "Gordo" Moseley (Joel Edgerton), of Simon's former high school classmate. Soon after, Gordo begins dropping in unannounced, usually when Simon is at work, and sends many gifts including koi fish for Robyn's empty pond.

, 1h34Directed byMichael RadfordOriginUSAGenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, RomanceActorsShirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Chris Noth, Marcia Gay Harden, Scott Bakula, James BrolinRoles ArmandeRating63% The recently widowed, 80-year-old Fred Barcroft is moved against his will, by his daughter, into an apartment in New Orleans, next door to 74-year-old Elsa Hayes. Fred has become an embittered, inactive realist who spends most of his time lying down; Elsa is a flighty, vivacious romanticist who dreams of "the sweet life in Rome," as experienced by Anita Ekberg in the 1961 film La Dolce Vita. Despite their opposite temperaments and outlooks on life, they fall in love.

, 2h8Directed byAva DuVernayOriginUSAGenresDrama, Biography, HistoricalThemesFilms about racism, Political filmsActorsDavid Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Common, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Lorraine ToussaintRoles Rev. Hosea WilliamsRating74% In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) accepts his Nobel Peace Prize. Four African-American girls are shown walking down the stairs of the 16th Street Baptist Church until an explosion explosion set by the Ku Klux Klan kills them. In Selma, Alabama, Annie Lee Cooper attempts to register to vote but is prevented by the white registrar. King meets with President Lyndon B. Johnson and asks for federal legislation to allow black citizens to register to vote unencumbered. Johnson says he has more important projects.

, 1h16OriginUSAGenresDramaThemesFilms based on playsActorsWendell Pierce, Emory Cohen, E.J. Bonilla, Aja Naomi King, Yolonda RossRoles JoeRating58% In a nameless, suburban American town, the smell of barbecue fills the air as Fourth of July celebrations move from a hot summer day into night. Joe, a man who works hard and travels a lot, leaves his family at home for the holiday, citing a business trip. Abigayle, his precocious daughter, is left to tend to her mother and manage the home on her own, yet again. Seeking just enough attention to get her through another night of her lonely responsibilities, she turns to Dexter, a former high school basketball star whose best days are behind him. And while Abigayle is out with Dexter, Joe is quietly spending time around town with June, a young man he met online who’s struggling to accept himself. And for just this night, the small world that these four live in will become even smaller, though the freedom they experience has never been so dangerous, fleeting and honest.

, 1h38Directed bySeth GordonOriginUSAGenresComedy, CrimeThemesMedical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about the labor movement, Buddy filmsActorsJason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, P. J. Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer AnistonRoles Detective HaganRating68% Nick Hendricks (Bateman) and Dale Arbus (Day) are friends who despise their bosses. Nick works at a financial firm for the sadistic David Harken (Spacey), who implies the possibility of a promotion for Nick for months, only to award it to himself. Dale is a dental assistant being sexually harassed by his boss, Dr. Julia Harris (Aniston); she threatens to tell his fiancee Stacy (Lindsay Sloane) that he had sex with her unless he actually has sex with her. Nick and Dale's accountant friend Kurt Buckman (Sudeikis) enjoys working for Jack Pellitt (Donald Sutherland) at a chemical company, but after Jack unexpectedly dies of a heart attack, the company is taken over by Jack's cocaine-addicted son Bobby (Farrell), whose apathy and incompetence threaten the future of the company.

OriginUSAGenresDrama, RomanceActorsKerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce, Black Thought, Novella NelsonRoles David GordonRating62% In 1976 former Black Panther Marcus (Anthony Mackie), returns to his Philadelphia neighborhood to attend his father's funeral. Marcus has been away for several years, part of the time spent in prison on gun running charges and part spent wandering the country. Marcus has a reputation for having snitched on a fellow Panther which led to his death when the police tried to arrest him. Marcus' former friend DoRight (Jamie Hector), now a local gangster, and Marcus' brother Bostic (Tariq Trotter), a Black Muslim, are especially displeased by his return.